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Changing the default Boot OS in GRUB on Ubuntu 9.10

http://digitalpbk.com/ubuntu-grub/changing-default-boot-os-grub-ubuntu-910 Changing the default Boot OS in GRUB on Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.10 ships with the new GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader 1.97 beta) in plain words its the software that boots the operating system you choose when you boot the computer. In earlier versions of Ubuntu / Grub to change the menu on the grub screen, one had to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. In the new system this a little different from just editing the one file. The GRUB configuration now resides at /boot/grub/menu.cfg But do ...

Bypass Screen lock on Xorg-1.11 Debian

http://digitalpbk.com/debian/xorg-1.11-screen-lock-bypass . However the latest version of Ubuntu seems to be unaffected by this bug. How to fix ? The version 1.11.3 of X-org seems to not have this bug. So doing an update would just fix it. apt-get update xorg Linux Software ...

Install Wireless Wifi drivers on Sony Vaio CW on Linux Ubuntu

http://digitalpbk.com/ubuntu/install-wireless-wifi-drivers-linux-karmic-9.1-sony-vaio-cw Install Wireless Wifi drivers on Sony Vaio CW on Linux Ubuntu Out of the box Ubuntu 9.10 wireless/wifi did not work on my Sony Vaio CW Series (VPCCW26FG), The following error message is shown on start up and on dmesg command. Could not read microcode: -2 The solution was to install backports modules. Installing Wireless Drivers on Ubuntu In order to make wireless (WiFi) work on the new Sony Vaio CW series, you have to run the following commands on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. sudo apt-get clean ...

Server Not Found, Fix DNS Problems.

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/07/fix-server-not-found-dns-problem.html Server Not Found page.There are some ways to resolve this.Get the correcet DNS IP address from the ISP, and get more than one.Get some free DNS IP address, some of which are given below67.138.54.100207.225.209.66208.67.220.220208.67.222.222Install a local caching dns server that caches servernames and ip address so that subsequent visits can be made faster since resolving is done locally.like Ubuntu debian package dnsmasqAdding name serversWindows :Click TCP/IP and then click Properties.Add Primary ...

Fix the Brightness up/down Button on ubuntu 8.04 running on Compaq Presario V3000

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/07/presario-v3000-ubuntu-screen-brightness.html Fix the Brightness up/down Button on ubuntu 8.04 running on Compaq Presario V3000 Replace the contents in the following files given by the code given below.Replace /etc/acpi/video_brightnessup.sh with the following code#!/bin/bashCURRENT=$(grep "current:" /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness |awk '{print $2}')case "$CURRENT" in100)echo -n 100 > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness;;;92)echo -n 100 > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness;;;84)echo -n 92 > /proc ...

Sony Vaio CW VPCCW26FG EDID (Extended display identification data)

http://digitalpbk.com/hardware/sony-vaio-cw-vpccw26fg-edid-extended-display-identification-data 1D 38 0B 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 48 This file is used by drivers to detect monitor capabilities. This file can be used in linux Xorg.conf to detect this monitor, in case the monitor doesnt get detected as in the case of Sony Vaio CW on Ubuntu. Attached is the binary format EDID file. Sony Vaio Software ...

Remove old kernels in Ubuntu

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/11/ubuntu-remove-old-kernel-grub-list-long.html Remove old kernels in Ubuntu Whenever a new kernel is applied ubuntu keeps the old one. This clogs up the grub and hard disk space and ends up having a lot of kernels to boot in the grub.To know the version that is currently running:uname -rand to remove all other kernels usesudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.24-16-*change the 2.6.2x-xx- parts to remove those kernel. Make sure you dont remove the kernel you are using, or you will end up breaking the system. It is wise to keep a recent kernel ...

Solved TV in Black and White Problem in Ubuntu 8.04 with Compaq Laptop

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/06/ubuntu-compaq-presario-black-white-xorg.html Solved TV in Black and White Problem in Ubuntu 8.04 with Compaq Laptop ?Finally after a lot of tweakin with the xorg.conf got Full Colour on S-Video Out on my Compaq Presario V3155(3000) AU, with an nVidia GeForce 6150 GPU on Ubuntu 8.04. The notable sections in the xorg.conf are the device section where you have to put the Option's right. You have to choose the right output SVIDEO or COMPOSITE and the TV Format,and in the Monitor section VertRefresh to 50hz also helped.Please check your TV ...

C Code to convert JPEG to BMP in LINUX using libjpeg

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2009/01/code-libjpeg-converting-jpeg-to-bmp.html .jpg destination.bmp ...Tested on ubuntu 8.1.(64bit)Any problems ? Let me know... ...